The football cousin of Yankees-Red Sox...
When the Patriots and Jets face each other Sunday in Foxborough, it will mark the 94th time these two teams have met since the American Football League was formed in 1960. The Jets hold a slight edge since play began but the Patriots have dominated the series of late, winning nine of the last ten games dating back to 2002. The two teams have split their two games this year setting up the rubber match...
Anything can happen in a playoff game but good coaching and defense usually makes the difference in big games. Bill Belichick is the mentor, the Jets' Eric Mangini is the mentee. Belichick's Patriots have won 3 Super Bowls, Mangini is in his first year as head coach. Belichick has started his own family-tree which includes Mangini and Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum. Eight members of the Jets' coaching staff are former Patriots players or coaches. As long as both coaches remain in place, this is a rivalry that could eventually rival - the Yankees vs. Red Sox in the cities of Boston and New York...
Since my rooting interest is with the Patriots, I can not impartially predict the outcome of the game but this should be a lot closer than the 8 1/2 points that the Pats are favored by...
On January 5th, 1965 The Supremes recorded what would become one of their 5 consecutive #1 hits. Find out what it was by clicking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yLMpGPU8A&mode=related&search=
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1994] Former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill dies at 81 from colon cancer...1998] One half of the duo Sonny & Cher, Sonny Bono, pop-star turned politician is killed when he crashes into a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe (CA). Sonny was 62...
The Final Curtain: 1957] Jackie Robinson retires rather than play for the crosstown rival Giants, a team he was traded to by the Brooklyn Dodgers...1959] Buddy Holly's last release, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"/"Raining In My Heart" is issued by Coral Records...2004] Britney Spears ends her 2-day marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander (one of the dopier things she's done)...
Released on this date: 1973] "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." LP - Bruce Springsteen...
Recorded on this date: 1965] A future chart-topper by The Supremes. See video link above...
Discovered on this date: 1896] Austrian, Wilhelm Roentgen discovers the type of radiation that becomes known as the X-Ray (the public scoffs saying they can see right through this ruse)...
"Open up that Golden Gate": 1933] Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge...
"This is a test": 1940] The 1st test of FM radio is heard by the FCC. It will be one year before radios with FM capability will give the public new static free signals...
Debuted on this date: 1948] Warner Brothers-Pathe shows the 1st color newsreel which contains the Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl highlights...
Premiered on this date: 1970] "All My Children" premieres on ABC-TV...1975] "The Wiz" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway...1976] The MacNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS...
#1 on this date: 1980] "Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band...
Playoff results: 1986] The Patriots beat the Raiduhs 27-20 in an AFC Divisional playoff game...1997] The Patriots beat the Steelers 28-3 in an AFC Divisional playoff game (looks like 15-year Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher will be announcing his retirement)...
Wanna Bet?: 2004] After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admits that he bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds (but you never bet on any Reds game, right Pete?)...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Pamela Sue Martin (54), Chris Stein of Blondie (57), Ted ("Isaac" of the "Love Boat") Lange (59), Diane Keaton (61), Charlie Rose (65), Robert Duvall (77), Walter F. Mondale (79) and legendary St. John basketball coach Lou Carnesecca (82)...
Saturday, January 6, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1993] Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev succumbs to AIDS at 54...1993] Jazz great Dizzy Gillespie from pancreatic cancer at 75...
"Why, why?": 1994] Jeff Gillooly goon Shane Stant makes a pinata out of skater Nancy Kerrigan's leg but all that comes out are sobs of "why, why?" Olympic rival Tonya Harding sets up the whole sordid affair but they all pay for it as Harding is banned from competition and Gillooly and Stant do time for the crime...
Wedding Bells: 1759] George Washington marries Martha Dandridge and cut a cherry pie rather than the traditional wedding cake...1945] Future President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Pierce tie the knot in Rye (NY)...
Dot...dash...dot...dot...dash: 1838] Samuel Morse demonstrates his telegraph for the 1st time in Morristown (NJ)...
"ThuhthuthuThat's All Folks": 1936] Porky Pig debuts in the WB cartoon "Gold Diggers of '49" (one year later Mel Blanc starts voicing Porky and Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester and Tweety)...
Round-the-world: 1942] The Pan American Pacific Clipper arrives in New York after becoming the 1st round-the world commercial flight...
Debuted on this date: 1952] "Peanuts" debuts in Sunday papers across the U.S...1975] "Wheel of Fortune" on NBC-TV...1975] "A.M. America" hosted by Bill Beutel on ABC-TV...
Premiered on this date: 1963] "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" hosted by Marlin Perkins on NBC-TV...1968] Dick Clark's "Happening '68" (which will run through September of '69)...
The Final Curtain: 1957] Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing, "Hound Dog", "Love Me Tender", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Don't Be Cruel" and "Too Much"...
#1 on this date: 1958] "At The Hop" - Danny & The Juniors...1968] "Magical Mystery Tour" LP - Beatles...1997] "You Don't Have To Be A Star" - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr...
Headlining: 1964] The Rolling Stones tour as a headlining act for the 1st time. The Ronettes open for them...
Banned in Boston: 1975] About a thousand Led Zeppelin fans riot while waiting for tickets to go on sale at the Boston Garden. $30,000 damage is done and Mayor Kevin White cancels the show...
Record Breaker: 1995] After coaching Atlanta to a win, Lenny Wilkens becomes the winningest coach in NBA history with 939 victories...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Nancy Lopez Knight (50), Bonnie Franklin (63), Lou Holtz (70), Nino Tempo (72), Earl Scruggs (83) and Pollster Lou Harris (86 with an error of + or - 5% possible)...
Sunday, January 7, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
Wedding Bells: 1926] George Burns and Gracie Allen say "I Do". George then starts singing songs no one ever heard and closes by saying "say good night Gracie"...
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E": 2005] Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston separate and will eventually divorce...
Debuted on this date: 1782] The 1st U.S. commercial bank, The Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia...1929] The "Buck Rogers" comic strip runs in newspapers starting out as "Buck Rogers 2429 AD" but will be changed to "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"...1941] The NBC Blue radio network presents "The Squeaky Door" which will later be known as "Inner Sanctum"...1950] Ernest Tubb makes his "Grand Ole Opry" debut...
Released on this date: 1896] The 1st "Fannie Farmer Cookbook"...
"London Calling": 1927] The 1st transatlantic phone service begins between New York and London (31 calls are made on the 1st day)...
"Sweet Georgia Brown": 1927] The Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game, in Hinckley (IL). Uh, did they win by any chance???..
Dropping a bomb: 1953] President Harry S. Truman announces the development of the H-bomb...
In recognition of: 1959] The U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba...
Premiered on this date: 1967] "The Newlywed Game" hosted by Bob Eubanks on ABC-TV...
Bailout: 1980] Jimmy Carter signs legislation authorizing $1.5 billion to bail out Chrysler...
Election Day: 1992] Tom Seaver of the Mets is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame with the highest (98.8%) percentage of votes in history (Seaver won 311 games)...
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow": 1996] One of the biggest blizzards in U.S. history blankets the east with more than 100 deaths reported (and just yesterday we broke a record for the latest in a winter season for snow falling, which hasn't happened yet. The record dated back to 1877)...and there's no snow in sight...
Taking the 5th: 1998] Monica Lewinsky signs an affidavit denying having a sexual affair with Bill Clinton. On the same date in 1999 Clinton goes on trial before the Senate facing impeachment...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Nicolas Cage (43), Katie Couric (50), David Caruso (51), Kenny Loggins (59), Jann Wenner (61), Paul Revere (69) and William Peter Blatty ("Rosemary's Baby")...
Timeline Countdown: 1 day until BCS Championship, 6 days until NFL Divisional playoffs, 14 days until Conference playoffs, 28 days until Super Bowl XLI and 39 days until 'pitchers & catchers' as of January 7, 2007...
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